Stay with Misty

It took awhile but Misty finally made it back to Cerulean City. While she had to run out into the woods, she was lucky she didn't have to go terribly deep into them. Especially as the night pokemon were finally coming out in full ****. All those night bugs would be just so bothersome to deal with. Misty shivered at the thought of bumping into them. Still she was home now.

Home was a bit of an understatement. She currently lived at her Gym. It wasn't odd for Gym leaders to live at the gyms they oversaw but it wasn't common either. In fact most Gyms only the main battle area, which usually doubled as other local uses, and a few offices for upkeep and meetings. Hers was speical due to hosting all sorts of water themed events. So there was plenty of space and extra utility going into the building. So whoever built the gym in the first place just added a small living area in the back. More a Dorm like building than anything else. It was designed to support any teams or performers that came through that wanted to use the reowned Gym, booked in advanced of course. It just made more sense than having them stay in hotels.

"I'm home~" Misty muttered as she entered the common area. Her sisters weren't home, of course not they had their own places. But It was just something she never grew out of saying. She stretched as she walked through her home. It wasn't the best but it was still nice and homey to her, usually due to memories. Gym leaders usually made enough money, but she couldn't stand to move out. Besides, what place had it's own battle area and pool?

"Mmm I could go for a swim...," Misty said to herself as she stretched her arms over her head. Only for a sick smell to hit her. "Oh right, spent the last two hours or so running around the forest... ugh..." the redhead muttered as she started to undress, "Well at least I'm going to get wet."

The water was nice and warm, and the scent of flowers drifted through the room. A voice hummed out a tune to some long forgotten show as she slowly lowered herself into the bath. A moan came out as the water rushed over her figure, seeping into her body and granting relief to her muscles. Ah, this was one of the perks of staying here.
The baths in the dorm were top of the line, large enough to relax and move about in. There was even a larger public bath but that one took too much resources to operate. When her sisters lived here, they used it often to wash each other but alone it just made more sense to use the attached bathroom to her room. Didn't really matter, Misty could relax in water anywhere.

"Ah, this... this isn't the life but it's pretty good." Misty thought as she leaned back. Honestly she wasn't sure what she should do with her life beyond gym work. And all these years later she was still Single. Oh sure several dates, and a couple lucky boys brought home but they never stayed long. They always had some sort of excuse like her personality(Arseholes) or the pressures of dating a gym leader. A few made snide comments about her figure, who were gifted with a Water Gun blast.

She looked down at her nude body. She barley made it to B cup, and her bottom was basically non existent. Honestly she'd heard only 'so cute' from people never ravishing, or beautiful, or any compliments like that. "No, I do, but usually mid performance with costumes and make up." Misty thought as her mind went to some of the mermaid shows she'd done over the years. But her sisters were so much more alluring to people. It wasn't like she wasn't respected but... you know some times girls just want to be called something beyond cute. But usually that was for more... endowed women.

"Like Jessie.... GRRRRR that stupid bitch!" Misty growled as she splashed the water and grabbed a bar of soap to start washing up.

Jessie was always the cockiest bitch of a woman. Always so much 'better' than anyone even though she kept failing with all her schemes and plans. Most of her achivements were done by cheats or underhanded tricks. Last she heard she was doing some contests circut before whatever friend of Ash lost track of them. Ash, another person she couldn't stand! Well..., that wasn't the entire case.

Ash was dumb, really really dumb. Or just dense, like Snorelax fat. He only had the ability to process a few things at once, and while friends were one of them, romanace was not one of them. Heck, from what she heard, one female companion of his took the entire time Ash was in the region to get hrough that thick skull of his about her feelings. Too bad Misty couldn't over... god how much time did she spend with Ash? Simple minded but Ash had a sort of enthurastic charm that drew people into his orbit.

"Wonder where I'd be if I kept following him." Misty thought as she soap slowly drifted off her body. She loved the adventures but she couldn't just... up and leave all her duties. And she wasn't about to quit being a Gym Leader either. Really it was a toss up between two good lives, but she just wondered if she made the right choice. It wasn't like there were any up and coming Gym candidates either. Her sisters wouldn't step in at this point too busy with their own things. Part of her wanted them to listen to her side again, like they did years ago but they'd grown distant due to their careers. Yet at the same time, part of her didn't want to **** their own lives to change.

As it was, Misty was just kinda floating along. It wasn't bad but it wasn't... good either.

Mist just shifted a bit to rest her arms on the rim of the tub, her chin joining them. One problem with baths was it gave you too much time to think. She was starting to spiral just a bit. Needed something else to think about.

Like that pink Pokeball.

It caught her attention as she put it with the others on the counter. Sticking out like a sore thumb among the others. Her mind went back to what her dex had said about it. The owner was glitched out, it couldn't provide who owned it but it seemed like it was trying to connect to something. It wasn't like the info wasn't there, just corrupted. Also didn't say what the ball did, like did it target water types or bug types, raise happiness and so on. The ball clearly had something inside it, but the dex couldn't tell what it was.

"Last thing I want to do is let out a Wailord in my bath tub." Misty thought as she eyed the ball. The fastest way to see what was inside or a hint to who owned it would be to open the ball. It was that or wait till tomorrow and take it to the Pokecenter. Or to the police.